Endocrinology Fellowship Training- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
TRAINEE ASSIGNMENT
Endocrinology fellows are assigned rotations at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The curriculum exposes fellows to a wide range of endocrine disciplines including ones overlapping with Adult Endocrinology, such as Pediatric Endocrinology, Medical & Radiation Oncology, ObGyn, Bariatric, Oculoplastic, Urologic, Endocrine and Neuro Surgery. Upon completion of the program, endocrine fellows are expected to be fully trained in the treatment and management of a very broad range of endocrinology-related diseases and disorders.
CONFERENCES
Conferences include:
1) Wednesday morning conference: alternating between Cytology, Nuclear Medicine, and Surgical Pathology conference.
2) Wednesday noontime Translational Endocrinology conference
3) Friday afternoon conference: alternating between Endocrine Grand Rounds, Journal Club, General Endocrine Case Conference, Surgical-Endocrine, Pituitary-Neurosurgery Conference.
We hold fellow-oriented didactics on Monday afternoons and board review sessions on Friday afternoon. There are additional optional conferences as well. A full conference list can be found at http://www.harbor-ucla.org/endocrinology/training/conference-schedule/
Fellows are trained by the pathology and endocrinology attendings in the interpretation of FNA biopsy result
Fellows are trained by the nuclear medicine and endocrinology attendings in reviewing results of imaging including thyroid uptake and scans, radioactive iodine ablation and post-treatment whole-body scans, sestamibi parathyroid scans, and more.
Fellowsreview theresults of surgical pathology specimens with the pathology attending, including thyroidectomies for benign and malignant lesions and transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resections.
CLINICS
Clinics are scheduled for Monday morning (Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy and Pituitary clinics), Wednesday afternoon (General Endocrine, Thyroid Oncology, Andrology and Pediatric Endocrine clinics), and Friday morning (Adult and Pediatric Diabetes clinic). Several times a year, fellows also attend Reproductive Endocrinology clinic, High Risk Ob/Gyn clinic, Thyroid Eye disease clinic (TED) and Bariatric clinic. There is also an opportunity to attend Genetics and Hypertension Clinics.
HOSPITAL FACILITIES
The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a Los Angeles County facility with over 300 active beds. There is an active Endocrine consult service with the opportunity to see and learn to diagnose and manage all categories of endocrine disease. The divisions provide services through ambulatory Diabetes, Endocrine, Thyroid, Pituitary, and Andrology clinics. The facility provides state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. It is one of the major teaching hospitals of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
SIMULATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND SEMINARS
Fellows are trained in the performance of thyroid ultrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsies at the beginning of the year.
Representatives from several companies that manufacture insulin pumps provide fellows with a demonstration of their insulin pump.
Fellows use continuous glucose monitoring devices to enhance their ability to manage the patients’ diabetes.
Fellows receive training on the interpretation of bone densitometry and retinal photos several times a year.
FELLOW RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Fellows have presented at various meetings around the country, including at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Thyroid Association (ATA), Endocrine Society (ES) and American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR). Fellows have received awards such as the Endocrine Society Trainee Travel Award and won competitions including the Endocrine Society Presidential Poster Competition.
